Nationalist Party of Chile

The Nationalist Party of Chile was a reactionary party that existed in Chile during the 19th and 20th centuries. The party, founded in 1836, advocated a government-controlled economy, fierce nationalism, and Catholic clericalism, and it opposed any reforms in the country, preferring to support the ruling criollo caste and to support the status quo. The Nationalist Party allied with the Conservative Party of Chile to maintain control over Chile until the 1850s, and the National Party of Chile would gradually overshadow the Nationalist Party as the main nationalist political party in the country. On 21 June 1894, the Nationalists seized power after a violent uprising, and they would oversee the occupation of several nearby countries and regions and the exertion of Chilean power in South America. The party was dissolved at some point in 1936.